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My Shot of the Day: Orange Tulips Wait for the Morning Sun

By Jim on April 23, 2012 in Colorado, USA, My Shot of the Day, North America

I told you this week would be full of spring flowers. The weekend in Taos was fabulously perfect weather-wise. Here, a tulip, one among a group of tulips, waits patiently for the morning sunshine to reach over the fence. ##

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My Shot of the Day: Feeding on the Lilac Bushes

By Jim on April 19, 2012 in Colorado, USA, My Shot of the Day, North America, Wildlife

I’m finally back and nearly home. I’ll have more from France and Finland in the coming weeks. It is spring time in Colorado. Fabulous. I shot this hungry guy this morning on my father’s lilac bushes in Pueblo, Colorado. He/she is a Vanessa cardui, a very common butterfly, known as the Painted Lady in Europe, or the Cosmopolitan [...]

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The ULTIMATE Travel Resource Library – Part I:New Mexico, Colorado, France, Vietnam and Haiti

By Jim on February 28, 2012 in Asia, Book Review, Colorado, USA, France, Haiti, New Mexico, USA, North America

The full library is available here Part II is here – You already know we’re book hounds here at Around the World in Eighty Years. Heck, the name itself is an ode to the literature of travel. I never go anywhere without a stack of books. Wherever I go, I’m obsessed with knowing as [...]

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